The EU Commission Commissioners smiled for cameras as they sat in the bus that transported them to Hyderabad House, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen held bilateral delegation-level talks.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday called on the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and lauded her views on reenergizing India's engagement with Europe
Posting about the visit in a post on X, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal wrote, "Recalling Mahatma's message of universal peace. President of the @EU_Commission @vonderleyen started her India visit with homage to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat."
President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, arrived in the national capital on Thursday on a two-day official visit and said India is a trusted friend and a strategic ally for Europe.
Sources from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) confirmed that discussions would focus strengthening AI collaboration at both the bilateral and EU levels.
Apart from the ongoing negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and the EU, the ongoing war in Ukraine, the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), and the bloc's commitment to decoupling from Russian energy imports are set to be the focus during the visit.
"Wherever we go, we talk about Ukraine, of course, in a lot of detail, given our interests, this is also formally part of the agenda of the bilateral meeting between President von der Leyen and Prime Minister Modi. So, this will be discussed, and I'm sure our president will want to give f
"This is the first visit of the college outside of Europe. It is always a little bit of a symbolic visit, in the sense that we tend to go to a strategically important and relevant place in the first mandate of President von der Leyen. Now we have actually a college to government meeting, a m
President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will visit India on February 27-28, 2025, at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a statement.